Beats Is All About Playlists. Here Is The Team That Creates Them
Beats Music, which launched yesterday, is designed to be different. In addition to a massive library of tracks, Beats delivers palylists – both curated and computer generated – that aim. Continue reading
Day in the Life of a Modern Day Music A+R
By INDMUSIC's Channel Manager Arshan Sadri. Leading A&R for YouTube's Largest Music Network sounds like a made up job, or at least one that most people didn't know existed until. Continue reading
Facebook Reduces Fan Page Text Update Distribution, Gives Page Owners Advice
Facebook has announced that they are tweaking their newsfeed a bit by changing how they handle text status updates. They've found that text status updates from friends lead to more. Continue reading
20 Sneaky Rules About Being In A Band That No One Ever Told You
I'm sure at some point in your career you've heard someone say "If only I knew then what I know now" – or something to that effect. We've all been. Continue reading
US Agency Paradigm Acquires Stake In UK’s Coda
U.S. based music agency Paradigm has announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in in London based Coda Music Agency effective January 21st. The joint venture developed from a long-standing collaboration. Continue reading
Beats Antique Take Their Fans On A Hero’s Journey
Beats Antique's recent release, "A Thousand Faces – Act 1," draws on the work of Joseph Campbell and the concept of the hero's journey. Lee Martin built on that work. Continue reading
Why Indie Musicians and Indie Radio Stations Should Work Together
In the fall Paul Riismandel wrote an "immodest proposal" in the hopes of encouraging indie radio stations and indie musicians to work together. He points to a natural fit between. Continue reading
Can Big Data Help Artists Make Smarter Choices?
Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter. In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading
Next Big Sound Analyzes 2013 Music Data
A special report from Next Big Sound. Looking at the online music industry data for 2013 in aggregate across sources ranging from the major social networks, streaming services, sales figures,. Continue reading
